Dan Rooney’s pallbearers: His grandsons and Ike Taylor
In the wake of Dan Rooney’s death at 84 last week, among the avalanche of tributes, Taylor stood out. Read more >
General
Joe Starkey: The greatest decision in Steelers history
Winning. That is what I think of first when I think of Dan Rooney. I think of a franchise that couldn’t walk straight for nearly 40 years until Art Rooney Sr., the Chief, finally turned over a coaching search to his eldest son. Read more >
Ed Bouchette: Chats with Rooney covered football, family and more
The last time I saw Dan Rooney, Super Bowl LI was about to kick off in Houston. He invited the NFL Network’s Judy Battista and me into his box for a brief visit at NRG Stadium… Read more >
For Dan Rooney, family was everything
It doesn’t matter how the player was obtained, whether drafted, signed in free agency or acquired in a trade. Once they arrived with the Steelers, the feeling among each and every person in the locker room was universally shared. They felt like part of a family. Read more >
Dan Rooney was a favorite of NFL players, owners alike
There’s a story Tunch Ilkin likes to tell whenever he thinks about Dan Rooney, something he has been doing almost constantly over the past five days. Read more >
The Rooney Handshake: A bond that never broke
Win or lose, home or away, Steelers players could always count on one thing after a game. Dan Rooney went to every stall in the locker room, shook hands with every player and had a few words of encouragement for them. Read more >
As Pittsburgh remembers Dan Rooney, a realization: Game day will never be the same
So Pittsburgh’s week began without Dan Rooney, a surreal vortex in its storied history where the inevitable and the unthinkable somehow become the same, and a lot of people turned up at Heinz Field doing their absolute best to pretend it was just another static Monday. Read more >
Dan Rooney and Henry Hillman ‘exemplified’ Pittsburgh
“The things Dan and Henry accomplished are beyond the imaginations of most of us,” Maxwell King said. Read more >
Art Rooney II recalls family vacations, station wagon rides with Dad
No matter how busy he was handling matters with the Steelers or the National Football League, Dan Rooney always managed to find time for his family. Together, Dan and Patricia had nine children. Read more >
Brian O’Neill: Dan Rooney was a North Sider to his core
As successful as he was in professional football, Dan Rooney always knew there was much more to think and care about, and his passion for the North Side was legendary. The Rooneys moved back to his boyhood home in 1993. Read more >